Universiteit Maastricht (UM)

The housing was quite nice, you meet a lot of people there, depending on how you are, you'll like it or not.

The language I spoke most was english (though I often spoke french with the french and belgian people). I hardly ever had problems in communicating myself in english, though acquired more fluency. I was not afraid of not speaking the local language (dutch, even a dialect of dutch in Maastricht), because I knew that english was widely spoken. And it really is! So I did not really had the chance of learning dutch since everybody spoke english, though I got to learn some expressions.

Take five Cafe--youngersters' pub and social place; Bonboneie-disco, concert and social events takes place; some italian restaurant (forget name); TAFEL-- art gathering event; Carnival celebration

Living in the international student dorms was a good way to meet people and was a supportive community. The housing was bad, but the opportunity to easily meet people was well worth t.